Patient Spotlight Archive — Page 4 of 12
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January 2, 2025
2025 New Year’s baby Siora Ray arrives only 12 minutes after midnight
First baby at VWCH: Cash Mitchell; first baby at VTHH: Gwennyth Trinity Grace Freeze-Stele. -
December 12, 2024
Go inside the lab as Maddie Wright, a CF warrior, ‘geeks out’ over the science of Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories
A 17-year-old cystic fibrosis warrior and liver transplant recipient with antibiotic resistance got to see science in action at Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories. -
December 9, 2024
Two years after being hit by a car crossing James Robertson Parkway, Betsy Williams climbs the Capitol steps to thank everyone at VUMC who helped save her life
"The list of miracles is long," she says. -
November 26, 2024
Patient’s family experiences healing power of music
Music therapy focuses on the use of music to help patients with chronic pain, physical rehabilitation, psychiatric symptoms, end of life, procedural support and coping with hospitalization and disease. -
November 7, 2024
Transplant patient’s indomitable spirit proves inspirational
Bill Jackson received a heart and double lung transplant, an unusual procedure performed only a handful of times each year at VUMC and one that can occur at only the most specialized transplant centers. -
November 1, 2024
‘Ava got a heart’: the best news a family could share about the baby approaching her first birthday
The phone call that brought her father to his knees -
October 22, 2024
Commodore spirit proves too much for superfan’s blood vessels
While most sports injuries happen on the field, one Vanderbilt football fan managed to score one in his own home the night Vanderbilt beat Alabama.